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Barley Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Barley" has been searched for 1,903 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 4,331,427 miles!

This means that the average distance is 2,276 miles - that's 44% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 683 kg CO2 by plane, 624 kg CO2 by car, or 127 kg CO2 by train.

The Top 20 sources are shown below:

Country From # of checks
Ireland 984
Northern Mariana Islands 162
Russia 98
Denmark 77
United Kingdom 72
Australia 53
Ethiopia 49
France 38
United States 33
Egypt 27
Netherlands 20
China 17
Canada 17
Ukraine 13
India 10
Poland 8
Japan 8
Germany 7
Argentina 7

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